Jazzy Blues or Bluesy Jazz

mr.brettmr.brett 678 Posts
edited September 2006 in Strut Central
Do you all have any jazzy blues or bluesy jazz favorites? Here's my top three:Mel Brown - Blues After Hours ... love the muted trumpet solohttp://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=02E0820311653467Nina Simone - Blues For Mamahttp://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=200FF9E60763803FDinah Washington - Backwater Blueshttp://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=297B096F20A58828post up an mp3 if you've got the time.

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  • BLUESY JAZZ:[/b]
    - "Hard Work" - John Handy
    - "Trouble #3" - Stanley Turrentine
    - Chicken Fat (the entire album) - Mel Brown
    - "Pigmy" - Billy Larkin & the Delegates
    - "Gone Home" - Eddie Harris
    - "Good Morning Blues" - Della Reese



    JAZZY BLUES:[/b]
    - My Jug & I (this whole fucking elpee is a monster) - Percy Mayfield
    - "Times Getting Tougher Than Tough" - Jimmy Witherspoon
    - "Back Door Blues" - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
    - Very Rare - T-Bone Walker (1973 album where he's backed by mostly jazz musicians)
    - "Saturday Night Fish Fry" - Louis Jordan
    - "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It" - Himmy Rushing

  • Forgot about Billie Holiday's live performance of Fine & Mellow when she is reunited w/ Lester Young
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tNSp7MaADM

    How do you post a video directly into a thread?

  • The Raise UpThe Raise Up Golden Years... wah wah wah 452 Posts
    The opening cut Verve Blues on this album:


    Don't have an mp3 right here, but might rip it tomorrow, really nice tune.

    edit: found the mp3 [/b]


  • maybe twice a year i get down to this kind of stuff. maybe. but when i am in the mood, here's one that i've been playing for a long time. on a rainy morning this shit can be fire.

    http://www.sendspace.com/file/ptdp2r

  • check this early leon thomas with the count---the part where he shouts out lockjaw davis is pure

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwkDLse04HQ
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